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A forest set ablaze by artillery fire, enveloping the entire Metz fortress into a scene of hell. The lit trees were caught up in a grand bonfire in the light of the orange fire. Prussia experienced a bloody slaughter, the mountains were littered with fallen corpses, and the never-ending fortress artillery roared in the direction of the soldiers' attacks.

The Prussian soldiers were still rushing forward, even though their feet were covered with corpses, and the hand-cranked Gatling fired wildly at the Germans who were rushing uphill, barely costing any of the costs.

The trees were set ablaze by artillery fire and turned into black char in the raging fire. The Prussian soldiers crossed the flying sparks and the blazing air, and attacked in the direction of the guns of the fortress of Metzlen.

Frederick Karl's face became more and more gloomy, and at the first tentative attack, the Prussian army fell almost in the form of a human head, and it was not until it was reorganized, and it was not possible to adopt the line infantry method so that it did not fall entirely. When they overwhelmed the first trench dug by France, they were halted by barbed wire.

In 1865, Louis Janion invented barbed wire, which was originally used to make corrals, and it was not until the Boer War when the British invaded South Africa that barbed wire was used with pillboxes to limit the Boer attack. However, Napoleon took the lead in using them in the defense of Metz, and effectively cooperated with the trench defense line to catch the enemy by surprise.

This time, Frederick Carr could no longer suppress the French attack with the strongest attitude as before. He originally thought that the previous defense battle had exhausted the morale of the French soldiers, but who knew that after the defeated army changed commanders again, it seemed to burst out with amazing morale.

Frederick Karl was only in the rear, and Albert was not so lucky, the commanders of the Prussian Second Army were basically Junker nobles who wanted to get military industry from the Franco-Prussian War, and as the crown prince of Saxony, the nobles who were usually smooth sailed finally realized what the glory of the French military was.

In the previous Battle of Sedan, the army that chose to surrender once it was besieged was like a different group of people at this time. Even though the artillery fire overwhelmed them in the trenches, they still did not take a step back, and even continued to add soldiers from the rear to strengthen the defense line.

Albert angrily ordered his soldiers to continue to attack, suppressing the enemy's firepower, and allowing the Prussian artillery to stop the bombardment and approach their lines.

When they rushed to the first trench, the French front was sounding slogans, so loud that even the Prussians more than a hundred meters away could hear them.

"For France!"

The soldier, who had his eyes closed, took a deep breath, tightened his grip on the shaft of his Shasebo rifle, and stood up abruptly.

The soldiers, who were hiding in the trenches, picked up their rifles with bayonets and braved the hail of bullets and rushed towards the bewildered soldiers.

The sudden burst of charge caught the Prussian soldiers who rushed to the front by surprise, and Gatlin, who had established crossfire cover, still did not stop the muzzle of the gun, and stubbornly suppressed the other group of troops who wanted to rush up the slope of the fortress.

This was where the pace of Prussian victory ended.

This is not at all the French army that surrendered half a month ago!

A military order in Paris cut off everyone's greed for life and fear of death, and they had to fight to the death to give an explanation to the Provisional Government.

Frederick Karl looked at the mountain that was constantly kicking up dust, and the fortress was still standing under the enemy's bombardment, and his heart gradually began to become anxious.

From the information sent back by the front-line soldiers, he felt that the French army's will to resist was much stronger than before, and the army had paid heavy casualties, but still could not advance in the direction of the outer part of the fortress.

Frederick Carr said to the officers beside him, "Send a telegram to the headquarters of the First Army saying that Bazin has been assassinated, that the surrender negotiations have failed, and that we are ready to begin storming the fortress of Metz." ”

Then he turned around and gave a second order.

"Continue to send reinforcements to Albert, the valor of France is only the afterglow of the end, they will soon be unable to hold out, I do not believe that the French without combat strength can continue to hold on! Prussia could have dealt with the Rhine with ease, but the French couldn't! ”

Frederick Karl was full of disdain for the Rhine Army, and he lashed out at the performance of the French army from the Franco-Austrian war in Italy in 1859.

He originally wanted to surprise his uncle, King William, but it seemed that he could only tell the truth.

Prime Minister Bismarck was originally going to have the first contact with Thiers in private to obtain information about the inside of Paris, and he was not very interested in the treaty proposed by Chambor, but if he could take Paris with a small loss and crush the will of the French to resist, then Bismarck would be very happy to accept this outcome.

Prussia had already set up camp on the outskirts of Saint-Denis, and beyond that the army was on the way.

However, his good mood did not last long, and was disturbed by a telegram.

The content is only a short sentence.

"The Second Army failed in negotiations with the Rhine Corps, and the final battle of the offensive was underway."

Bismarck's face, however, suddenly darkened, and he looked at the telegram and took a few deep breaths, trying to calm his heaving chest.

Originally, the Rhine Army was the last elite main force of France, and after the Rhine Army, France's defeat was decided. But no one expected that at the most critical moment, the Second Army would be held back by the French elite.

King Wilhelm stood by Bismarck's side, and the city of Paris was close at hand, but at such a critical moment, an unexpected battle took place in Metz.

"Looks like we're going to have to agree to Count Chambor's plan now."

Bismarck said with a wry smile, "This guy is very prepared, now we are not besieging Paris for a long war, but we need to capture Paris as soon as possible." When Paris surrendered, there was no point in the defenders of the Metz fortress continuing to fight. ”

William asked, "Why don't you deal with the elite of Metz Fortress first?" And then besiege Paris? ”

"Because Prussia will suffer heavy losses, this method of killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred is not cost-effective, on the contrary, after taking Paris, there is no point in war on French soil. Prussia is now in a race against time, and the royalist coup is the best thing to do for us to buy time. We can't afford to delay the war for too long, because Moltke originally hoped to end the war in half a year when he drew up his battle plan. ”

William pursed his lips and said, "The infighting of the French themselves, it seems that we don't need half a year." ”

"Yes."

Bismarck did not expect that the royalists would rather risk being accused of Prussia and overthrow the power of the Provisional Government with the help of foreign thieves in Prussia.

He smiled and said, "Versailles, I'm here." ”

"This time Germany wants to declare its own empire on the land of their enemies!"

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